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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Phone app might finally introduce a dark theme (Update: It’s here!) July 31, 2025 Update, June 03, 2025 (02:55 PM EST):We’ve all been waiting very patiently for it, and now it’s finally here: the Google Phone app now includes a dark mode, viaAndroid Police. The newest version (v26) includes a toggle switch that allows you to turn dark mode on or off as you see fit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s Motion Stills app gets a fresh coat of paint and AR stickers August 09, 2025 Google‘s GIF creator appMotion Stillsreceived its 2.0 update today, and with an overhauled interface and new AR stickers, this is not a small update. Motion Stills now features a cleaner camera viewfinder that moves the shutter button and mode switcher to the frosted area at the bottom....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How many people are actually using Android TV devices right now? July 28, 2025 Google’sAndroid TVwas a much-needed entrant in thestreaming boxspace, delivering a host of smart features and an intuitive UI in the process. Is the platform gaining traction though? Well, a Google executive reportedly gave the answer. The smart TV platform is currently used by “tens of millions” of people, Shalini Govil-Pai, senior director of product management for Android TV, toldMultichannel News(h/t:Android Police)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to order groceries using Instacart August 09, 2025 When it comes to ordering groceries online, Instacart is definitely one of the top services to use. It is extremely useful if you are social distancing or can’t get to the store for any other reason, and it allows you to get exactly what you need without leaving the home or the office....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC One M9 officially announced: here’s what you need to know July 07, 2025 As MWC 2015 kicks off, HTChas revealed to the world its latest flagship, the much anticipated One M9. While some folks were still holding out the tiniest shred of hope that the M9 would feature a more dramatic redesign then we’d seen from the most recent leaks, this didn’t turn out to be the case....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HTC U Ultra versus the competition: Who wins in the hardware battle? August 25, 2025 HTC has justunveiled the U Ultra, and it’s fair to say that the phone has drawn quite a bit of inspiration from some of the best phablet flagships over the past couple of years. There’s a secondary display straight from theLG V series, a design that more reminiscent ofSamsung’s Galaxy range, and even a virtual assistant that sounds an awful lot like theGoogle Assistantfrom the Pixel andPixel XL....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Joe Pesci makes rare on-screen appearance in Google ‘Home Alone’ ad sequel Jun 04, 2025 Today,Google shared a sequel to that ad, this time starring another Home Alone alumnus: Joe Pesci. Pesci’s presence is notable considering the actor hasn’t been on screen much as of late. His most recent on-screen appearance was in the 2010 film Love Ranch. Prior to that, his most major role in a film was in 1998’s Lethal Weapon 4 as one of his most famous characters, Leo Getz....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Just in time for Windows 11, Amazon AppStore will support app bundles August 11, 2025 Google revealed theAndroid App Bundle(AAB) format in 2018, splitting an app into several smaller files in order to reduce the download and install size. The search giant has since mandated that all new apps submitted from next month will need to adopt this format instead of the legacy APK standard....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest ActionDash update promises to boost your productivity July 07, 2025 Developer Chris Lacy today announcedActionDash 4.0, the latest update to arguably one of the better takes on Google’sDigital Wellbeing. The highlight of the update is focus mode schedules. ActionDash’s focus mode already lets you manually turn it on and block out apps until you manually turn it off. However, the new focus mode schedules feature takes things one steps further and lets you specify when focus mode automatically turns on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meet Blog Compass: Google’s new app for bloggers June 28, 2025 Googlehas launched a new blogging app in India, designed to help bloggers “manage their site and find topics to write about.” Blog Compass, which is currently in beta, appeared free in the Google Play Store earlier this week (viaTechCrunch). The new app is designed to streamline the blogging process, as well as inspire bloggers with recommended content based on their interests and previously published posts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meet the LG G6 Plus: 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and new colors August 18, 2025 LG has just launched a beefed-up new version of theG6. Dubbed LG G6 Plus (officially styled “LG G6+”), the phone offers more RAM and additional storage space. The launch,rumored weeks ago, marks the adoption of a strategy that has worked well for LG’s rivals – offering multiple versions of its flagship phones, instead of the one-size-fits-all approach that LG has favored so far....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Microsoft makes Skype a bit more like Snapchat June 09, 2025 One of the most popular mobile chat and video messaging services,Skype, is getting a big makeover, and Android owners will be the first to see it. Microsoft has announced what it calls the “the next generation of Skype” which it claims was built from the ground up to offer new and improved chat features, some of which may look familiar toSnapchatusers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Pokémon Snap is coming to the Nintendo Switch April 30 (Updated) July 22, 2025 Update: August 23, 2025:The Pokémon Company has finally confirmedthat New Pokémon Snap will be released on April 30 for the Nintendo Switch. The game will have you explore the new Lental region to take photographs of Pokémon. Original article: June 24, 2025:Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are bringing back Pokémon Snap from the days of theNintendo 64....